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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Surely \Sure"ly\, adverb
1. In a sure or certain manner; certainly; infallibly; undoubtedly; assuredly.
In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. --Gen. ii. 17.
He that created something out of nothing, surely can raise great things out of small. --South.
2. Without danger; firmly; steadly; securely.
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely. --Prov. x. 9.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
surely
adverb: definitely or positively ('sure' is sometimes used informally for 'surely'); "the results are surely encouraging"; "she certainly is a hard worker"; "it's going to be a good day for sure"; "they are coming, for certain"; "they thought he had been killed sure enough"; "he'll win sure as shooting"; "they sure smell good"; "sure he'll come" [syn: {certainly}, {sure}, {for sure}, {for certain}, {sure enough}, {sure as shooting}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
100 Moby Thesaurus words for "surely": OK, Roger, absolutely, all right, alright, alrighty, amen, and no mistake, as you say, assuredly, at all events, at any rate, aye, beyond question, by all means, certainly, clearly, confidently, da, decidedly, decisively, definitely, determinedly, distinctly, doggedly, doubtless, doubtlessly, exactly, fatefully, fine, firmly, for a certainty, for a fact, for certain, for sure, forsooth, good, good enough, hear, in truth, indeed, indeedy, indefeasibly, indubitably, ineluctably, inescapably, inevasibly, inevitably, inexorably, inflexibly, irrevocably, ja, just so, mais oui, most assuredly, most certainly, naturally, naturellement, necessarily, nothing else but, of course, okay, oui, positively, precisely, quite, rather, really, relentlessly, right, righto, securely, solidly, steadily, sure, sure thing, to a certainty, to be sure, truly, unavoidably, uncontrollably, undoubtedly, unequivocally, unfalteringly, unmistakably, unpreventably, unquestionably, unswervingly, unyieldingly, very well, well and good, why yes, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy, yes sir, yes sirree
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